Scroll paintings 卷轴

A traditional scroll painting of Qu Yuan 屈原, 340 BCE to 287 BCE. He was a Chinese poet and politician who lived during the Chu Dynasty. He is connected to the history of the Dragon Boat Festival and the popular rice pockets called, 粽子 zong…

Buddhist calligraphy creating the image of Bodhidharma using the characters, 佛 (Buddha), and 心 (heart). The four large characters at the top 仁心善行 mean, “Act with benevolence and kindness.”

This dragon character is an abstraction of the classical character, 龍 (pr. lóng). You can see other examples here.

A traditional style scroll with the character “禅“ (pr. chán) Zen embroidered on it.